For the 2 people I know who are addicted to heroin, the drug addiction is not the cause of their problems, it's a consequence of a trauma of the past. They rel

For the 2 people I know who are addicted to heroin, the drug addiction is not the cause of their problems, it's a consequence of a trauma of the past. They relive this trauma every damn minute. In the beginning of taking drugs, it seemed for them a way to escape reality for some time; to feel in peace. So yeah, saying "just don't do drugs" to a drug addict is as stupid as saying "just forget your life is a living hell". Of course, I'm not encouraging drug consumption in any way, but we should have some empathy with them. Most of the time, it's not as simple as it appears.